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ZAZENKAI: A daylong silent meditation retreat (April)

Instructors:
Sensei Arlene Lueck

A daylong silent meditation retreat provides us with the experience of deep periods of uninterrupted meditation. We do sitting and walking meditation throughout the day, one hour of work practice, three informal meals and dharma talk by the teacher in the afternoon. Private Interview with the teacher will be available. Meditation instruction is available for those new to practice.

This daylong meditation retreat is an opportunity to become familiar with zen-meditation and zen-forms. It will give you also a taste of a sesshin (week-long intensive meditation).

If you are unsure of what to do while you are in the zendo, please watch and follow along. There also will be two residents by the front door who can help you to a seat. It may seem intimidating, but it is alright to make mistakes as you learn our form. The form of the zendo invites us into the practice of mindfulness which is essentially beyond "correct" and "incorrect". We invite you to relax, enjoy, and let the mind of "doing it right" drop away. If you have further questions, or would like to join us for meditation instruction, please call the Upaya office at 505-986-8518, or email temple@upaya.org.

Sample Schedule

More about the instructors:

Arlene Lueck is currently Tanto, or head of practice, at Green Dragon Temple. She was ordained in 1996 and received Dharma Transmission from Norman Fischer in 2005. She lives at Green Gulch Farm with her husband David Daigan Lueck.